Health plan floated by JD Vance could weaken protections for pregnant people
Your trusted source for contextualizing health and Election 2024 news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. A health care proposal suggested by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance could gut a...
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Millions of Americans have long COVID: Will Kamala Harris acknowledge them?
This article was produced in partnership with The Sick Times. In early August, the newly minted Kamala Harris campaign posted a job opportunity: disability engagement director. The director would meet...
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Social isolation could be a factor in why more older men are dying from...
Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. More than 2,000 older Swiss women won a historic lawsuit against their government this spring. The plaintiffs argued...
View ArticleMore than 8,000 Catholic employers can now deny workers time off for an...
Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. More than 8,000 Catholic employers across the country will not be required to provide accommodations for workers...
View ArticleStates with abortion bans saw steep declines in birth control prescriptions...
The June 2022 Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion was followed by steep declines in prescriptions for birth control pills and emergency contraception in states...
View ArticleHarris campaign ads spotlight ACA’s impact on women as Trump vows to repeal it
Your trusted source for contextualizing Election 2024 news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Following former President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in repealing the Affordable Care Act if elected...
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School cell phone bans have hit most states. Not everyone is on board.
Your trusted source for contextualizing education news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Not a school day goes by without Anthony Colla seeing a student on a phone in class. The sight is so frequent...
View Article‘A moral failure’: Pregnant people face health risks and inconsistent care in...
Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. A report published Wednesday by a federal watchdog agency highlights key concerns of pregnant people behind bars,...
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Florida is trying to block a TV ad about a woman with cancer who got an abortion
Your trusted source for contextualizing abortion and Election 2024 news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. The Florida Department of Health is making an unprecedented legal effort to stop a local TV...
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Arizona’s ballot measure could shift the narrative on Latinas and abortion
Member support made it possible for us to write this series. Donate to our nonprofit newsroom today to support independent journalism that represents you. GUADALUPE, Arizona — This small city south of...
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Florida’s abortion ban has an exception for fatal fetal anomalies. So why was...
This article is part of The 19th News Network’s Abortion on the Ballot series. Emily Friend decided to paint the nursery a delicate green. She had originally settled on purple — gentle and welcoming,...
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IVF is popular in pro-family Utah. Why aren’t candidates talking about it?
This article was co-published with The Salt Lake Tribune as part of The 19th News Network’s Abortion on the Ballot series. Marriage made the Smiths a family of eight — Tillia came with five kids, and...
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For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change...
Chauntey Wilson, a formerly incarcerated transgender woman, got the health care she needed while Donald Trump was president. She fears others may not be able to if he’s elected to a second term....
View ArticleWhite House aims to eliminate out-of-pocket spending on birth control for...
President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced a plan that would eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for most birth control for a majority of Americans. Officials called the proposed rule,...
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Missouri voters could undo their state’s abortion ban. Making abortion...
This article was co-published with The Daily Yonder as part of The 19th News Network’s Abortion on the Ballot series. Nicole was driving when she heard on the radio that Roe v. Wade had fallen, and...
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Native women fought for years to expand Plan B access. But some tribal...
The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B, which can prevent pregnancy following unprotected sex, has been available over the counter at most American pharmacies for more than a decade. But in more than...
View ArticleHer mom lived and died in the shadows. Harris’ reaction to their story...
Your trusted source for contextualizing Election 2024 news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Ivett Castillo hadn’t decided who she was going to vote for when producers from Spanish-language network...
View ArticleAnti-abortion centers are stepping into electoral politics
Anti-abortion centers and their leaders have been campaigning against the abortion ballot measures in 10 states in the lead up to Election Day. The organizations — also known as crisis pregnancy...
View ArticleSome states are turning miscarriages and stillbirths into criminal cases...
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View ArticleHow the Supreme Court case on trans youth could affect health care for all...
This piece was published in partnership with Them. Sign up for The Agenda, Them‘s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. A Supreme Court case that will decide whether...
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